"Eight line up for Beijing airport"

Monday, March 17, 2003

Eight line up for Beijing airport/ Eight consortiums from three
continents are in the running for the design of a new airport for
Beijing
United Kingdom - The London Financial Times


On the high-profile shortlist are teams from the UK, China, France, the
Netherlands, and four from the USA. The UK team, British United Airports
Consortium (BUAC), is led by Vector Management, which is the project
manager for Heathrow's Terminal 5. Vector has several other Chinese
airport contracts, including work at Shan and Dalian international
airports

The team also includes consultant Mott McDonald and architect Winston
Shu of Integrated Design Associates, which was involved in the Kong Kong
International Airport project with Foster and Partners and BAA.
Consultant Buro Happold and architect Chapman Taylor are also involved
in the bid

The Dutch consortium, led by airports operator NACO, poses a serious
threat to the British bid. The team includes Foster and Partners and
consultant Arup

John Davey of Vector's business development division said that despite
friendship with Foster and a love of his work, he wished that Foster's
practice was not a rival

Davey said: "Years of planning have gone into our bid. We have spent
years in China trying to understand how the Chinese work." American
architect Murphy/Jahn, famous for its skyscrapers, which include the
Frankfurt Tower and the Trump Tower in New York, leads one of the four
US consortiums

The other three are led by airport consultant Landrum & Brown with
architect Yang Molen; multidisciplinary consultant Parsons; and
architect William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates

The French consortium is led by Aeroports de Paris, whose chief
architect is Paul Andreu. The Chinese bidder is the multidisciplinary
Beijing Design Institute

The Beijing municipal government plans to build the airport to handle
the influx of people expected for the 2008 Olympic Games. The project is
a design competition for Beijing Capital International Airport Group
Corporation.


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